For people who want to understand more about what went on at the December Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Lucy Van Hook will give a lecture, "Copenhagen from the Ground," on Monday, Feb. 15th at 7pm in Davis Auditorium at Skidmore College on North Broadway in Saratoga Springs.

Van Hook is an independent carbon consultant based in Maine, and attended the Climate Change Conference.

More about Van Hook, from Skidmore's website:

Lucy Van Hook, an independent carbon consultant, is currently managing the Carbon Quantification Project at The Maine Housing Authority, and has been since its inception in January 2008. Lucy has studied the ecology of climate change since 2000. She is part of a technical team that is developing a weatherization methodology to measure, monitor and sell the carbon emissions avoided from weatherizing single family and multi-family dwellings.

The larger scope of the Carbon Project includes the development of a Project Document that will allow Housing Finance Agencies (HFAs) to quantify and sell carbon emission reductions from solar thermal installations and energy efficiency measures in the housing projects they sponsor. Lucy oversees the participation of the state HFAs that have joined the Program during the development stage, and will continue to do so as other interested agencies join the Program. Lucy is a Maine certified energy auditor, and received her BA in Biology and Environmental Studies from Bowdoin College.